Race and Ethnicity - The Latesthttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/latest/Race%20and%20Ethnicity
enAfrican American History Month Special Edition: The Civil Rights Movement in the Shadow of MLKhttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/african-american-history-month-special-edition-the-civil-rights-movement-the-shadow-mlk
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>We spoke with one of the nation’s leading scholars on the American civil rights movement to learn about the immediate impact that the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. had on the struggle for freedom. We also discuss MLK’s legacy and its meaning in 2015. David Chappell is a professor at the University of Oklahoma and the author of, “Waking From the Dream: The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.” That’s the topic for this edition of CONTEXT.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:32:46 +0000ekim33267 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgJane Harman Discusses the Eric Garner Case and Failed Attempt to Rescue Luke Sommershttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/jane-harman-discusses-the-eric-garner-case-and-failed-attempt-to-rescue-luke-sommers
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Jane Harman appeared on Fox News Sunday as part of two panel discussions: one on race issues following the decision not to indict any officers in the death of Eric Garner, and another on the failed attempt to rescue American journalist Luke Somers.</p>
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</div></div></div>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:36:52 +0000lbooth32642 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgWaking from the Dream: the Struggle for Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther Kinghttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/waking-the-dream-the-struggle-for-civil-rights-the-shadow-martin-luther-king
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p align="center" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin-left: 0.25in;"><strong>Washington History Seminar</strong><br /><strong>Historical Perspectives on International and National Affairs</strong></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin-left: 0.25in;"><strong>Waking from the Dream: the Struggle for Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther King</strong></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin-left: 0.25in;"><strong>David Chappell</strong><br /><strong>UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA</strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:32:23 +0000pbiersteker32042 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgMaking Community Work: the Importance of the Performing Artshttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/making-community-work-the-importance-the-performing-arts
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>More than two decades ago, in 1993, Harvard Government Professor Robert Putnam published his now classic study <em>Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy</em>. Trying to answer the question why northern Italian cities developed vibrant civic traditions which came to support the growth of democratic institutions and southern Italian cities did not, Putnam was surprised to find a strong correlation between civic health and choral societies. Putnam masterfully argued that choral societies emerged from the same broad reservoir of social capital that is required to support civ</p></div></div></div>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 19:09:28 +0000tcooke32431 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgWhy Kobani Mattershttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/why-kobani-matters
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Very few Americans had heard of Kobani until a couple of days ago. But the sleepy Syrian border town, a few football fields away from Turkey, has become a microcosm of the U.S. challenge in fighting Islamic State—and underscores why Syria is likely to be a far tougher campaign than Iraq.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:10:13 +0000cpaddock32173 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgA World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Floridahttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/world-more-concrete-real-estate-and-the-remaking-jim-crow-south-florida
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p align="center" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin-left: 0.25in;"><strong>Washington History Seminar</strong><br /><strong>Historical Perspectives on International and National Affairs</strong></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin-left: 0.25in;"><strong>A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida</strong></p>
<p align="center" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin-left: 0.25in;"><strong>N. D. B. Connolly</strong><br /><strong>JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY</strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:32:24 +0000pbiersteker32033 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgHow Modi’s Evolution From Pariah to Pop Star Could Boost U.S.-India Tieshttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/how-modi%E2%80%99s-evolution-pariah-to-pop-star-could-boost-us-india-ties
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A few months ago, Narendra Modi was persona non grata in the United States–banned because of allegations that he failed to stop deadly anti-Muslim riots in the Indian state of Gujarat, where he was chief minister, in 2002.</p>
<p>Fast-forward to the past few days. Mr. Modi, now prime minister of India, has regaled large and adoring crowds in New York and hobnobbed with high-level officials, including President Barack Obama, in Washington.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:26:50 +0000cpaddock32064 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgPerformance and Power from Kabuki to Go Gohttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/performance-and-power-kabuki-to-go-go
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Just eight years after establishing a powerful military regime that would last 26 decades, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu became so disturbed by a troupe of itinerate actors that he expelled them from his Suruga military base. The group performed in a popular new style known as “kabuki.” To critical observers such as Ieyasu and his coterie of military strong-men, kabuki dancing consisted of women of ill-repute showing themselves off to potential customers. While an overly simplistic characterization, early kabuki performance seemed to many to be primarily about sell</span></p></div></div></div>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:46:26 +0000cpaddock32048 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgЕтнічна і політична ситуація в Україні - Крим у ХХІ століттіhttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%96-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F-%D0%B2-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%96-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC-%D1%83-%D1%85%D1%85%D1%96-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D1%82%D1%96
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span lang="UK" xml:lang="UK"><font size="2">Науковий семінар: «Міжетнічні та політичні стосунки в Україні: Крим ХХІ ст.» був проведений 20 грудня 2004 року Київським проектом Інституту Кеннана разом із Кримським представництвом фонду «Відродження» у Сімферополі. На семінарі, у якому взяли участь провідні науковці, викладачі місцевих вузів та відомі на півострові політичні діячі і журналісти обговорювали питання пов’язані з сучасним та майбутнім цього важливого та складного регіону України.</font></span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:02:21 +0000nsamozvanova31996 at http://www.wilsoncenter.orgA Look at the Supreme Court 2014-15 Termhttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/look-the-supreme-court-2014-15-term
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The American Bar Association Division for Public Education in conjunction with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, invites you to attend the seventh annual fall “On the Docket” program. The panel discussion will feature prominent Supreme Court practitioners and scholars providing their expert insights on the upcoming term. The 2014-2015 Supreme Court term is shaping up to be another blockbuster, with the Court poised to review key issues of criminal procedure, free-speech, foreign policy, and employment law, to name just a few.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-location field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Directions:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div></div></div>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 20:52:33 +0000cpaddock31700 at http://www.wilsoncenter.org